I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

After many businessmen understand the cost of this match, they have already started various calculations in their hearts to calculate how much the maximum profit of this thing can be and how much investment is worth spending.

The arithmetic level of these people is definitely the most powerful group of people in this era.

It is only these businessmen who need a lot of calculations.

Later, Wu Changqing unveiled a red cloth, revealing a type printing press and some type models.

The current printing technology is still in block printing, and even movable type printing has not been promoted. Because there are still some defects in movable type printing, such as the quality of the printed books is too poor, the handwriting is blurred and so on.

In a word, the current printing technique has high cost and low efficiency, which is very unfavorable to the spread of culture.

Wu Changqing simply got the type printing machine out. The technical content of this type printing machine is not particularly high. It is basically similar to movable type printing. The only difference is that the clay type and wood type are replaced by type type.

The lettering on the metal surface is very effective when printing, and the printing is very clear.

Of course, the type printing machine also has its drawbacks, that is, the production of fonts is very difficult. In particular, the traditional Chinese is still used now, and carving on a thumb-sized lead block requires high skill.

If you want to print without obstacles, a set of printing machines must prepare at least six or seven thousand commonly used Chinese characters. And those frequently used characters still need to be printed a lot, such as the fonts such as 'dededi', and there are dozens of them in an article.

For a set of printing presses, only 50,000 or 60,000 letters have to be prepared, and they can be printed completely when they are printed.

And the cost of a single type engraving is about 100 yuan, that is to say, the cost of a set of machine type type is five or six thousand taels. In addition to the machine itself, as well as the paper used, inkjet, it costs about seven or eight thousand taels.

In short, the cost of this thing is high.

However, after Wu Changqing demonstrated and introduced the type printing machine, many businessmen were moved, even more so than matches.

The reason is also very simple, the money of the readers is easy to make.

Although there are often so-called poor scholars and poor scholars, in fact, the group of scholars can be several levels richer than the common people.

First of all, there are only a small number of poor scholars. Most of the scholars are either landlords or gentry tyrants. In short, they are not very poor.

Moreover, compared to the success of one dynasty, the little investment in reading is completely worth it when entering the officialdom.

The efficiency of this printing machine is too high. There are so many books printed, and the cost is not even high. In short, it is very profitable.

Compared with matches, everyone is more willing to choose this type printing machine.

After seeing the type printing machine, Wu Changqing took them to the backyard again. There was a pond in the backyard, and Wu Changqing wanted to show them the steam engine.

When everyone saw the huge iron lump that was so tall and covered an area of ​​more than one square, everyone looked thoughtful, as if they were guessing the role of the iron lump.

"Everyone is optimistic, this is a water pump made by students in my college hall."

Wu Changqing gave an order, and then a craftsman began to operate, adding coal to the boiler and water to the pot.

As the coal continues to burn, the water in the pot has boiled and transformed into water vapor, which pushes the piston and pushes the runner.

Immediately afterwards, the pool water was sprayed from a water pipe made of cowhide, almost blinding everyone. This is also thanks to the fact that I have seen other novel things before, and I am no longer as stupid as before.

Otherwise, if you see this kind of water flowing to a high place, you shouldn't shout a few ghosts.

"This kind of thing is called a steam engine, which can convert internal energy into mechanical energy. If you don't understand what internal energy and mechanical energy are, go home and ask the children who are studying in the university.

In short, this kind of thing can greatly save manpower. The power of the steam engine that everyone sees now is still small, only about 50 horsepower. But with that kind of horsepower, it doesn't take two hours to drain the pool. To operate this steam engine, only five or six skilled workers are needed. You can think about how long it will take five or six people to drain the pool in the previous way.

This type of steam engine has a wide range of applications, and the first thing I prepare for next is to open up a large number of salt fields on the Songjiang side. "

When Wu Changqing said this, other businessmen immediately understood the value of this steam engine.

The reason why the cost of salt production is so high is that it is difficult to obtain seawater, and it is difficult to boil seawater, which requires a lot of manpower.

With this steam engine, it only needs to burn coal to continuously extract seawater, and the labor cost will be greatly reduced.

Nowadays, using manpower to make salt is a hugely profitable business. If this machine is used to pump water to make salt, won’t the price of salt plummet?

Many businessmen have been shocked to the point of unparalleled, this steam engine is simply a guillotine on the necks of other salt merchants.

With this machine, there is no way for other salt merchants to survive.

Many people turned their attention to Pang Yuanming, because among them, he was the only one who sold salt.

However, Pang Yuanming did not panic like other businessmen expected, but was completely calm.

How shrewd is Pang Yuanming. Although this kind of machine will have a great impact on the salt merchants, it is not an opportunity. If you can occupy these machines by yourself, can you use the low salt price to bankrupt other salt merchants?

At that time, if the family is the dominant one, even if the price of salt is a little lower, it will still be able to make a lot of money.

Pang Yuanming has already made up his mind

Determined that the business of this steam engine must be owned by himself, and whoever dares to snatch it from himself is a mortal enemy.

"What I want to remind you is that investing in steam engines is a bottomless pit, and now the people in the university are still constantly improving the machines and spending a lot of money. Those with insufficient financial resources, don't get involved easily, otherwise it is easy to fail to make money.

Moreover, the steam engines that will be built in the future will also be given priority to supply the navy and other places where the army can use them, and then they can be used for commercial purposes.

Of course, as long as you invest in this project, you can enjoy the exclusive right to make salt in the future. The profit in this, I think you should be able to measure it in your heart. "

Wu Changqing said with a smile, he didn't make it too clear in this regard, in order to make it easier for them in the future.

After they put the money in and improve the machine, Wu Changqing will set a price standard for the price of salt.

In short, he will let these businessmen make money, but he will not let these businessmen get rich. He has some means to control it. As long as the army is in hand, those businessmen will not be able to help him if they find that they have been tricked.

Of course, this is not actually a pit. At least, Wu Changqing will give them no less than 50% of the income, which is already quite a good profit.

If you don't cooperate with him, it will be even worse, like if Pang Yuanming doesn't cooperate with him, then Pang Yuanming's business will not be able to go bankrupt.

In contrast, working with Wu Changqing to earn that 50% of the profit is quite fragrant.